One of my favorite dishes is rosemary chicken so I decided “why not try a rosemary chicken soup?”
After some research and trials, here is a worthy recipe.
Ingredients:
- 1/4 cup olive oil, divided
- half an onion, finely chopped
- 3 carrots, finely chopped
- 3 ribs celery, finely chopped
- 3 cloves garlic, minced
- 1/2 teaspoon Italian seasoning
- 2 sprigs fresh rosemary and/or 2 sprigs fresh thyme
- 1 teaspoon coarse kosher salt
- 1 can cannellini or navy beans, rinsed and drained
- 3 cups shredded kale
- 2–3 cups cooked shredded chicken or turkey
- 5 cups chicken broth
Finishers:
- juice of two lemons
- salt and pepper to taste
- grated Parmesan, bread, and butter for serving
Instructions
- Saute Veggies: In a large soup pot, heat 1 tablespoon oil over medium high heat. Add onion, carrots, and celery. Saute for 5-8 minutes or until very soft.
- Add Aromatics: Add the garlic, Italian seasoning, rosemary sprigs, thyme sprigs, and salt. Let it get nice and delicious for a minute, stirring to avoid burning or browning the garlic.
- Simmer: Add the beans, kale, chicken, broth, and remaining olive oil (optional). Bring to a low simmer for 10-20 minutes, until the kale is wilted. If you have time to cook it for a while longer over low heat, great. Delicious.
- Finish: Pull out the herb stems. Add lemon juice, more salt, fresh black pepper to taste (all optional and to taste)!
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This soup sounds delicious-and I absolutely love soup. Thanks, Dodie. 🙂
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Right? I can’t think of a better combo than Lemon, Rosemary (one of my favorite herbs/spices) and Chicken! My mouth’s watering right now just thinking about it 🤤
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😋🥣🐓🍋😁
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I found that lemon really does bring out the flavor in chicken. And I just bought some rosemary. And I just put a chicken on to stew in the crock pot. And it’s like, 8 degrees outside and snowing. And I have beans and veggies. Guess what soup I am going to try; mouthwatering is right!
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Brrrr. I wouldn’t know how to act in that kind of weather.
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Pretty horrifying, right? You would eat a lot of hot soup! And live in two or three layers all winter.
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Reporting on the soup: To my horror, I found I had disposed of all the lemon in making a lemon cake for somebody’s birthday. But, there were small oranges, and not very sweet. There was the chicken broth, the rosemary and thyme, carrots, and instead of kale, Napa cabbage. No cannelli in the house; black beans instead. Added tomatoes; can’t help myself. Simmered it for awhile. The oranges gave it a terrific flavor; I’m sure it tasted different from yours with the variations, but now we have two soups! I’ll pick up some lemons and try again.
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That actually sounds very good. We are not opposed to adding oranges (or alternative fruits: apples, pineapple, etc in some of our recipes.
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